Adobe wall construction



Oct. 2, 1928.

J. E. DEARDORFF ABODE WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 23, 1926 Patented Oct. 2, 1928.

UNITED STA TEST. PAT

ENT 0mm;

JOHN .E. DEARDQBFF, OE VISIA, CALIFORNIA. V

ADO E WALL oonsrnocrrom A'pplication'filed November as, 1926. serial, to. 150,173.

laid in courses, and in whichthe bricks in the wall. will be bonded together so as to produce a rigid and strong wall; also to provide a'construction for the wall which will operate to hold stucco or plastering securely on the wall and also which will facilitate the laying of the bricks against the side of a door frame, so as to enable them to hold the door frame 7 securely in the wall.

vide a construction for such awall which will enable the adjacent bricks of acourse to be bonded together and at the same time laid so that they present an end space between the bricks which can receive stucco when applied to the face of the wall. 1

A" further object of the invention is to produce-an adobe brick having a specialconstruction facilitatingits being bonded when laidint-o a wall, and facilitating the applica-.

tion and securing of stucco and mortar to the.

exposedfaces of the brick.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter. 1

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an eflicientadobe WfillCOIlStIUCtlOIl.

A'preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification,

while the broad scope of the invention is mainder of the wall being shown in vertical section passing through the bodies of the bricks.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the wall taken about on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section through the wall, taken about on the level of the line 3-3 and passing completely through the opposite sides of the door frame so as to show portions of the wall contiguous tothe door frame at each side. 1

Figure 4 is a perspective of one of the adobe bricks. I

In practicing the invention, I prefer to V 1 I simply abut against each other. A further object of the invention is to prowidth of the brick. 'The brick preferably has a length equal to twice the thickness of the wall," for example, in a twelve-inch wall I 3 I employ an adobe brick .of two feet in length.

that is tosay'fthe wall has a 'thicknessthev I 1 In Figure 41 illustratethe preferred form I of the adobe brick; In this view, 1 represents the brick and2 represents aligning notches which are formed in the end faces of the brick. The end faces are plane, and 1 Embedded in the brick, I provide a wire mesh or gauze plane substantially parallel with the plane of preferably in the middle plane of the brick, extends across the notches and projects bethe large faces of the brick. This sheet is I yond the side edges 4 of the brick at each side. The-notches 2 extend completely through the brick. Y In laying the brick. to form a wall 5 (see- Fig. 1), the bricks are laidin courses 6, one

upon the other, in the'usual way in laying bricks, butI do notprovideany mortar be- I tween the adj acent end faces'7of thebricks (see Fig. 8). However, the bricks are laid in mortar 8 between the horizontal Lcourses. Furthermore, thebricks are laid sothat the two adjacent courses Fbreak' joint'siwith reap spect to each other. Aseach course of bricks I is laid, I bond the adjacent bricks 'together at their ends by placing a filler 9 of: mud or similar material into the aligning notches (see Fig. 8). The filler embeds the wire mesh,

which crosses these notches, and securely bonds the bricks together.

Hence the ends of the bricks may be made plane and devoidof any projections.

I employ the projecting portions of the wire mesh to produce the effect of laths for assisting in securing stucco 10 on the outer face of the wall and plaster 11 on the inner face. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which these projecting portions of the gauze sheet 3 utilized in this respect. bend these projecting portions downwardly, as indicated, and in such away that when It P e a y" relative lateral movement of the. bricks].

I prefer to the plasterer stucco is applied, the mesh is embedded in the same and operates as lath to hold the stucco'andplaster on the face of the wall. By reason of the end spaces 7 between the end faces of the brick each course, a space is provided into which the 70 i 3 which is in the form'of a sheet located in a stucco and protrude," "indicated at 12 in Fig. 3f 'These's'paces of course only extend through the height ofeach course, so

that these spaces also assist"materially.

securing the stucco and plaster on the face of the wall. They effectively preventfl'ateral shifting of the stucco and cooperate with the Wire mesh to hold the stucco and plaster very securely on the taceot the wall.

lvhereitisnecessary tobiiil'd ad'oor traine, such 'as the door frame 13,"in1 the wall, 'I pr'o yidethefdoor' framewith' a vertical cleat "14 (see Fig.1. This 'cleat hasa cross section the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention may take, and 'Ido 'notwis'h' to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor in the fcl aims,

to the particularembodiment set forth. 'What'I claim is v 1. In a Wall construction, the combination of a plurality of bricks laid in courses', said bricks having-aligning notches extendingcompletely through'the bricks at their adjacent ends, and having'wire mesh sheet em bedded in a substantially horizontal plane in the bricks substantially "parallel with the "plane 0: the large side faces of the'brick. 6X-

tending across the said notches, and a filler of bonding material received in the aligning notches to bond the adjacent bricks together.

2. In an adobe wall construction, the combinatio'n' of a plurality of'bric'ks laid in courses 7 end to end and having aligning notches on their adjacent end faces, said bricks having wire mesh in: the -form of horizontal sheets embedded therein extending across the notches and having edges projecting beyond the side face of the wall, abonding filter received in the abutting recesses, and stucco covering the face'of the wallandembedding thelprojecting edges of the wire mesh;

fInan adobe wall construction, the com- 3 batman at a flipljurality of bricks; l idin courses, the adjacent ends of the bricks of each course having aligning notches in their adjacent ends-, Wire :nlesh in the form of horizontal sheets embedded in the bricks and extending across the notches, a filler of bonding material received in the notches and em- "bedding the wire mesh in the notches to bond the adjacent bricks of a course together, the end faces of adjacent bricks'in a course being disposed slightly apart 'tdftorinfend spaces between the bricks,l'said'wire mesh having edges projecting beyond the side face of the wall, and stucco covering the wal'Lembedding the projecting wire mesh and protruding intothe said end spaces between the bricks 4. In an adobc Walt constructiomthe coma bination' of apluralityhof bricks laid in coursesfand having notchesin their adjacent end faces, the bricks of each coursebeing disposed slightly apart so as to form'an' end space between the ends of adjacent bricks,

said bricks having wire gauze in the form of substantially horizontal sheets embedded therein and having edges projecting'beyond thefaces ot' the bricks on each side of the wall,

said Wire gauze also extending across the said notches, fillers of'bonding material received in the said notches and bondingtogether adj acent bricks of each 'coursefstucco' on the outer face of the wall'einbedding' the projecting edges of the wire gauze and extending into tliesaid end spaces, and plaster on the" inner face of the wall embedding the project end spacesj 5 An adobe brick havingnotches in its endsextendingcompletely through the brick ing wire gauze and extending into the said and having Wire gauze embedded in the same and extending across the said notches.

An adobe-brick having notches in itsend. facesextending completely through the brick and having wire gauze embedded in the body of the brick and-With the gauze extending beyond the side edges of the brick. v f Signed this 6th day of November, 1926.

JOHN EDEARDORFF. I 

